The Devine Miss Em does this is the Spring as well. It seems that seh likes the new grass shoots that are in the dirt and puts a lot of small, shallow holes in my yard. Cynthia --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Mackie & Dan Rader <dogpeople@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Mackie & Dan Rader <dogpeople@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: eating dirt To: carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 10:46 AM My two older girls, 12 and 7 1/2 do it all the time. It drives me crazy but doesn't seem to have any affect on them at all. No vomitting, no bad poo. I have always felt it was to replace minerals they don't get in their food. Mackie Mackie & Dan Rader MacDan's German Shepherd Dogs & BonAmi Petit Basset Griffon Vendéens all bred to love, with love. Hush Puppi Grooming Products -----Original Message----- From: carolyn mckenna <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx> To: showgsd <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:01 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] eating dirt Hello, Listers, I hope someone can give advice. My 10 year old maleis eating dirt from flower pots and flower beds as well as pulling up grass rootsand eating that. There is clearly dirt in his stools and one morning he threw upabout half a cup of mud. He has been sick only once at age 3, hemolytic (sp)anemia, I feel that he might lack some mineral but don't know what it might beso I don't know what to give him. The vets are not helpful on this. Perhapssome of you have experienced this. Thanks, Carolyn =============================3 D=============================================== POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================